Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,303, Elisha Fuller, Navy (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy (Mass.)
Fuller, Elisha Eleanor
No. 19303
CONTENTS

St. 679 Massachusetts
Eliza Charles Fuller
of Charleston in the state of Massachusetts who was a marine in the Highland regiment commanded by Colonel Manly of the U.S. Navy line, for the term of One year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 6 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of Sept 1819 and sent to Stephen Hooper Boston Ms
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 135.75 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Feb 1820 48.
16 29/30 $183.75
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
corrected May 11. 1820
Confirmed
Notification sent to Abraham Brigham Esq. 22 September, 1820. Cambridge Massachusetts.

Massachusetts - 515
Eleanor Fuller widow of Elisha Fuller, Decd.
Mars who was a prisoner under the Act of 18 Mar. 1818. and who died on the 3 d of November, 1822 of Middlesex Co. in the State of Mass. Co. who was a Mariner in the "Hancock" command. by Captain Murphy of the ————— commanded by ————— in the Mass. Co. time for 12 months "Mariner"
Inscribed on the Roll of a Mass. Co. at the rate of 40 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1830.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Sep- tember, 1838 and sent to E. H. Stone, Esq. Boston.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 = $100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 1839 - 20.00
$120.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. D. Elliott, Clerk Book 8, Vol. 1, Page 87

220 Elisha Fuller
Ad d

United States of America.
State of Massachusetts, Suffolk ss. Boston April 6 th 1818.
I, Elisha Fuller a citizen of the United States, now resident at Charlestown in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath, declare, that I served, in the War of the Revolution, the full term of time required by a Law of the United States, made and passed in the month of March, A. D. 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons en- gaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," as one requisite to entitle me to be placed on the pension list of the said United States, having entered the naval service of the said United States, on the Continental Establishment, and served as a mariner & Marine against the common enemy; from sometime in the winter of the year 1777 until sometime in the winter of the year 1778, when I returned home, having been absent in the service of my country one full year. — That I belonged to the American Frigate Hancock commanded by Commodore John Manley . After being on board said Frigate about three months she was captured by the British Frigate Rainbow & Cabot Frigates of war, when I was carried to Halifax a prisoner of war and that I left the service After having been detained on board said British Frigate Rainbow , a number of months, as a prisoner, I made my escape and return- ed home to Lynn , in the County of Suffolk , where I then lived, and of which I was a native, having been absent one full year, as afore- said. — When I immediately shipped again on board the American Fri- gate Raleigh , Capt. John Barry , Commander, which was captured three days after sailing from Boston . I also served in the Frigate Tremont & the Frigate Confederate and in each of them eight months. And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the said United States, if any may be, or hath been, so allowed. — And I further declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support. And I also declare that I did not leave the service till after the general peace in 1783, when I was honorably discharged. —
Elisha Fuller
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen . Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval ser- vice of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the abovenamed Elisha Fuller and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence.
M c David Dist d Judge Mass Dist d

The subscribers, Overseers of the Poor for the town of Charleston, certify that Elisha Fuller the within applicant, is an inhabitant of this town, and in indigent circumstances; and that the facts set forth in his application, may in our opinion be relied on.
Oliver Hobson Thomas Goodwin Ralph W. Fawett John Cofran
Suffolk J. - Boston. August 12 th . 1819 -
I Peter S. Medard, a Surgeon in the service of the United States, and also a surgeon in the revolutionary war in the navy, hereby certify that I have conversed with the within named Elisha Fuller, and from the various circumstances which he has stated to me, have no doubt that he served, agreeably to the within affidavit -
P. S. Medard Surgeon U. S. Navy
Suffolk J. - Boston. August 12 th , 1819.
We the undersigned marines in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, certify that we well knew Elisha Fuller, and having heard his relations of services during the revolutionary war, and the circumstances which he has mentioned, have no doubt that he served, as he has within stated.
William Stephen Hodges -
John Johnson James Capell

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston September 22 d
A. D. 1818
Joshua Miller
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Bliss the subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked 1 together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
J. D. D. [Signature]
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

2/ Elisha Fuller.
14679
Apr 1819 enr 2/8 1820

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices
STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, (Verona Schiller resident in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. ... now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the late 18th March, 1818, (Verona Schiller in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 1st day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this 14th day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War.
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
He has no Real Estate his personal estate consists of household furniture & utensils viz
a loom 100 dish 100 stable & job skettle 7 50
Brookery 100 shovel long & audiron 100 4 50
He is fifty nine years of age a day labourer unable to do much work from sickness his wife is fifty seven years of age, her oldest child is twenty nine years old sick and unable to do any work, he has only one daughter and three sons one of her sons is of age all able to work and to earn a living. He entered the Revolutionary service of the

United States in the winter of the year 1777 and served on board the Frigate Hancock commanded by Capt Manly until she was captured in the Autumn of 1778 he was then carried to Halifax a prisoner & detained until the Spring of 1779 when he made his escape he also served on board several other vessels in the same service but not for nine months in either
Elisha Shutter
Sworn to & declared before William Melvorn Judge etc

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
4 I, Clisba Fuller do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Clisba Fuller
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Clisba Fuller took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court. //
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
nine dollars fifty cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of June 1820
Attr. Abraham Biglow 3

784 of Eleanor Fuller mother of Elisha Mass.
act 7. July 38
5 years
Married in 1788 died in 1822
about 12 mo Marine 40 $
784
No deduction
L. M. Stone Boston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That Thomas Melmore is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court: that the within Attestation is in due form, and by the proper Officer.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this tenth day of August A. D. 1838, and in the Sixty Second Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Secretary of the Commonwealth

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, } ss County of Middlesex, }
On this twenty first day of August, A D one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Hon. J. P. P. Key Judge of the Probate Court of the County of Middlesex of the Elisha Fuller.
a resident of Charlestown in the county of Middlesex aged seventy years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That
she is the widow of Elisha Fuller who was a Prisoner of the United States for his services in the War of the Revolution under the act of 18th March 1818, at $40 per annum which sum he received until his death. According to the best of her recollection & belief he entered the service of the U. S. some time in the winter of 1777. General Howe's army was in the vicinity of Philadelphia commanded by Capt. Howe until she was captured in the autumn of 1776 - she was then carried to New York a prisoner and remained until the spring of 1777 when she made her escape; she afterwards served on board several other vessels as she thinks in the service but what is certain to date but would infer to her original enlistment on board in the War Department.
She further declared that she was the wife but is now the widow of the aforesaid Elisha Fuller a prisoner as above stated.
She further declares that she was married to the said Elisha Fuller on the fourteenth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight; that her husband, the aforesaid Elisha Fuller died on the ninth day of November eighteen hundred & twenty two. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz.: at the time above stated.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, Eleanor Fuller mark J. P. P. Key Judge of Probate
* Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Fisher Deputy of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Samuel D. Phelan Esquire is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature written is his genuine signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Twenty first day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
Isaac Fisher Dy

I Charles C. Fuller of Charleston in the County of Middlesex, aged Nearly Three years, do hereby & say That Elisha Fuller late of Charleston, was my father, & was a pensioner under the act of Congress of 1818; The said Elisha Fuller died on the third day of November in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty here, I was present at his death; I do further testify & say that Eleanor Fuller, who is about to make application for a pension under the act of Congress of July 7. 1838, is the widow of the said Elisha Fuller; she has resided with me for the last seven years & she has never been married since the death of the said husband. C. C. Fuller.
Middlesex ss. August 21 st 1838 Personally appeared the above named Charles C. Fuller a person known to me, as a respectable & credible person & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Arthur N. Austin Justice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Isaac D. Dyer of the County of Middlesex ss. do hereby certify that Arthur W. Boston Esq. is a justice of the Peace within & for said County duly qualified & qualified & that his signature written is his genuine signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
Isaac D. Dyer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
City of Boston, August 9. 1838.
I the subscriber do hereby certify, that it appears by the Registry of marriages in the town (now city) of Boston, there is the following record of marriage, viz: Elisha Fuller & Eleanor Tyler, married by Rev. James Freeman, fourteenth December, one thousand seven hundred & eighty eight.
That it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures, as follows. Elisha Fuller & Eleanor Tyler, married by Rev. James Freeman, 14 th Dec r 1788. Samuel F. M c Cleary, City Clerk.
I Samuel F. M c Cleary, above named, depose & say that I hold the office of City Clerk of the City of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, State aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the records of marriages in said Boston, with the exception above named as certified by me. Samuel F. M c Cleary.
Suffolk, ss. Boston, August 9. 1838. The above named Samuel F. M c Cleary personally appeared, & made oath to the truth of the above certificates by him subscribed.
Before me, H. W. Chapman Justice of the peace

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elisha Fuller a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 11343.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Winter 1777 3 mos. Marine. John Mancey William Moultrie   Sept 1778. 8 mos. 8 mos. which was captured by the British ship "Rainbow" in number of 1778. John Mancey Adm. S. "Rainbow" U.S.S. "Rainbow" U.S.S. "Confederacy"  
Battles engaged in, See above
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lynn, Essex Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 6, 1818. (This pension was allowed to)
Residence at date of application, Charlestown, Middlesex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, born in Lynn, Essex Co. Mass.: 59 years in 1820
Remarks: He died Nov. 3, 1822. He married Dec. 14, 1788 Eleanor Tyler and she was allowed pension on an ap. ex. Aug. 21, 1838 while a resident of Charlestown, Middlesex Co. Mass. aged 70 years. In 1820 soldier referred to his eldest child a daughter 29 years of age and to 3 sons aged 18, 14 & 11 years, no names stated, Son Charles C. Fuller was alive in 1838, aged 39 years. The names of soldier's parents are not of record.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Boston, 23 d Augst. 1838.
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith the application of Mrs. E. Fuller for a pension under the act of July 7. 1838, -
Very respectfully Your ob t Serv t L. M. Stone
J. L. Edwards Esq r Com t of Pensions Washington D.C.

Handwritten initials or mark in the top left corner.

Elisha Fuller, Needham Private, Capt. John Gray's Co. sworn to Nov. 29 1776. Col. Ebenezer Francis regt. pay abstracted for travel allowance to and from Camp. Credited with allowance for 1 day: Company drafted from Roxbury, Dedham, Needham, Medfield, Wrentham Walpole, Middleton and Manchester; also private Capt. Nathaniel Belcher's Co. marched Sept. 1. 1779 Discharged Oct. 24. 1779. Service 1 m. 25 days under Maj. Gen. Hancock at Castle Island. 20 yrs. old in 1780. Page 159 War of Rebel.
Pension Bureau.
Could you give me any information of this Elisha Fuller who his father was or rather his parents names. Elisha Fuller b. 1760 Oct. 28. married Eleanor or Elinor Tyler in 1788. Elinor Tyler was daughter of Moses Tyler and Elinor Bridges. The Tylers were in the Revolutionary War. I am trying to get the Genealogy of my Fuller family. Any information of who Elisha Fuller b. 1760 parents was will be gladly received Elisha Fuller lived and died in Charlestown Mass. His life was a Mariner. Mar. 23. 1814. Your Truly Miss Hattie D. Fuller. Boston Mass. 59 Blarendon St

pub 3/1913 First to Miss Mary G. Fuller, 202 Adelphi St. Brooklyn, N.Y.
Feb: 28 '96.
His. Widy to James A. Fuller, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mch 20. 1914: First to Miss Hattie D. Fuller. M.B.H.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19303
Edward Fuller
Married
Eliza Fuller
Married Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1858
Index: — Vol. A Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]